ANTA02H3 Lecture : Lec 8.docx
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It is not a proper objective label when we use the word primitive. The idea of primitive is not objective but rather it is subjective. It is a moral judgement and is more of ethnocentric perspective. Modern does not mean now in antropology (what"s happening now in laymen"s terms is incorrect to use in anthro) . But in anthropology moder means certain kind of culture and social institution and the ways of organizing their society. Modern is opposite to traditional way in anthropology. And these are the distinction we make in anthro. Thus they do not thing of time as linear. Language and structure of time in different cultures think of time as linear (present, past and future). Draw a line of time (past- now future) we think of time as being past that has gone and future that is about to come and that"s where our life is going.
